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Dr. Dawn Bowdish
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Professor of Medicine, McMaster University Canada Research Chair of Aging & Immunity Executive Director of the Firestone Institute for Respiratory Health
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Almost all studies of vaccine immunogenicity (i.e., how strong an immune response is to a vaccine) focus on antibody responses. Measuring the amount of antibodies produced is cheap and (relatively) easy; however, in the Omicron-era these are less predictive of protection than you might think 2/n

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Dr. Dawn Bowdish
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Professor of Medicine, McMaster University Canada Research Chair of Aging & Immunity Executive Director of the Firestone Institute for Respiratory Health
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